Challenges of Adaptive Cruise Control Systems in Bangladesh Road Transportation Sectors: A State of Art

Adaptive cruise control (ACC) is one of the modern vehicle digitalization inventions over the world. It automatically adjusts the speed of a subject vehicle to match the speed of the vehicle in front of the subject vehicle. The ACC systems will be the more advanced driving assistant techniques in the next generation of Bangladesh. Therefore, a broad review on the ACC systems has been performed in the present study. In this study, the past researches on ACC systems over the world, the present scenario of ACC systems in Bangladesh, and future challenges in Bangladesh to implement ACC systems have been studied in detail. From the study, it is noticed that ACC systems were used in the world in the very beginning of 1995. These systems have been paid high attention to reduce the accident and accidental death rate, to save the energy, to reduce the impacts on the environment, and to fulfill the sustainable development goals (SDGs) declared by the United Nations (UN). It was first imported to Bangladesh in 2015, but most of the drivers do not feel comfortable on applying it. Studies have found some drawbacks of the ACC systems in banking of roads, turning points on roads, and making drivers less conscious. The system also has some issues in terms of traffic flow stability and control over lane positions. This article also attempts to summarize the current road condition, workability of ACC systems, drawbacks of ACC, the traffic flow stability, and existing challenges for ACC systems in Bangladesh’s road conditions.